I only like rainy days when I’m in bed, buried underneath half a dozen pillows and asleep. Melancholy, I am definitely not. So the past three days should have seen me grumpy and lethargic, but…

I’m happy.

Simply because.

And it helped that:

… despite the horrendous weather yesterday, I’m 3/4ths done with my enrollment. I only have 3 units this semester, yehey!

… I had impromptu dinner dates and overnighters with hard to pin down friends.

… I was home for the pre-celebration of my Lola’s 85th birthday.

… I have my beige heels back and saw a Bibang in the bargain.

… I have learned the value of restraint… especially when it comes to food, hehe.

… I really didn’t have to brave the rains because hatid-sundo ako.

… words of encouragement come my way all the time.

… and that rain or shine, there you are.

Right now, my brain is echoing Ate Dot singing this song on a mountaintop in Cebu, six years ago:

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can’t tempt us
With their lies

I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won’t you try to come

Come away with me and we’ll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I’ll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I’m safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me